Doyle Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an accomplished professional poker player nicknamed by his peers as both the “Living Legend of Poker” and “The Godfather of Poker”. Brunson has been playing professionally for more than fifty years during which time he became the first player to win one-million dollars in tournaments, the first multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event championships, the second player to reach ten overall WSOP bracelet victories, and the first player to have won both WSOP Main Event Championship and a World Poker Tour (WPT) Title.
Play Online Poker Against Doyle Brunson
A poker hand, an online poker room, and a World Poker Tour event have been named after Doyle Brunson. The poker hand ten-deuce is knows as “the Brunson” due to Doyle Brunson having won back to back WSOP Main Events (1976 and 1977) while holding this hand. The online poker room named after him is DoylesRoom where he is actively involved in its management through endorsement and consulting rolls. On October 19, 2004 the World Poker Tour, then in its third season, renamed one of their Bellagio Las Vegas events to honor the Doyle Brunson. The event has had slight name modifications over the years, but each year since 2004 has been offered with Doyles name attached. In 2009, the event was titled the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
After more then fifty years on the poker felt Doyle Brunon remains a dominate force in the world of high stakes poker. He is a regular both on the tournament circuit and the highest stakes cash games held at Bobby’s Room located in the Las Vegas Bellagio.
Doyle Brunson keeps an active and quite entertaining blog on his website DoylesRoom.com.
Poker Books by Doyle Brunson
As great as Doyle Brunson’s poker playing accomplishments are, the most influential of his achievements came away from the poker felt, as an author. His book Super Systems, originally self-published in 1978, spent many years as the most authoritative book on poker strategy. Doyle was the primary author behind the book, but several tops pros contributed chapters on various games as illustrated below.
* Draw Poker by Mike Caro.
* Seven-Card Stud by Chip Reese
* Lowball by Joey Hawthorne and Doyle Brunson
* Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split (with no qualifier for low) by David Sklansky
* Limit Texas Holdem by Bobby Baldwin
* No-limit Texas Holdem by Doyle Brunson
In October 2004, Super Systems 2 was published. This sequel is as highly esteemed as the original, and is now a recommended must read book for both beginners and experienced pros alike. This book covers many things that didn’t exist when the first book was written such as internet poker and new variants of poker. In addition to Doyle Brunson, nine other professional poker players contributed to give Super Systems 2 the fifteen chapters listed below.
Chapter 1 – Introduction by Doyle Brunson
Chapter 2 – My Story by Doyle Brunson
Chapter 3 – The History of No-Limit Texas Hold’em by Crandell Addington
Chapter 4 – Online Poker by Doyle Brunson
Chapter 5 – 43 Exclusive Super/System 2 Tips by Mike Caro
Chapter 6 – Specialize or Learn Them All by Steve Zolotow
Chapter 7 – Limit Hold’em by Jennifer Harman
Chapter 8 – Omaha Eight-Or-Better by Bobby Baldwin
Chapter 9 – Seven-Card Stud High-Low Eight-Or-Better by Todd Brunson
Chapter 10 – Pot-Limit Omaha High by Lyle Berman
Chapter 11 – Triple Draw by Daniel Negreanu
Chapter 12 – Tournament Overview by Doyle Brunson
Chapter 13 – No-Limit Hold’em by Doyle Brunson
Chapter 14 – World Poker Tour by Steven Lipscomb
Chapter 15 – Glossary
Other books written by Doyle Brunson include:
*Poker Wisdom of a Champion, 2003 (formerly titled According to Doyle when published in 1984)
*Online Poker: Your Guide to Playing Online Poker Safely & Winning Money, 2005
*My 50 Most Memorable Hands, 2007
*According to Doyle, 2007
*The Godfather of Poker, 2009
To learn more about early life of Doyle Brunson, see his wikipedia page or read his blog which is accessible from doylesroom.com.
